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STUDIES IN SCRIPTURE IN EARLY JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY Editedby Craig A. Evans Volume 13 Published under LIBRARY OF SECOND TEMPLE STUDIES 70 formerlytheJournalfortheStudyofthePseudepigraphaSupplementSeries Editor Lester L. Grabbe EditorialBoard Randall D. Chesnutt, Philip R. Davies,Jan WillemvanHenten, Judith M.Lieu, StevenMason, James R. Mueller, Loren T.Stuckenbruck, James C.VanderKam FoundingEditor James H. Charlesworth This page intentionally left blank JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURE AS ARTIFACT AND CANON EDITED BY CRAIG A. EVANS AND H. DANIEL ZACHARIAS Copyright # Craig A. Evans, H. Daniel Zacharias and contributors, 2009 A Continuum imprint Published by T&T Clark The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SE1 7NX 80 Maiden Lane, Ste 704, New York, NY 10038 www.continuumbooks.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 10: 0-567-58485-2 ISBN 13: 978-0-567-58485-4 (hardback) Typeset by Data Standards Limited, Frome, Somerset, UK Printed and bound in the UK by the MPG Books Group CONTENTS Preface vii Abbreviations ix List of Illustrations xiii List of Contributors xiv INTRODUCINGJEWISHANDCHRISTIANSCRIPTUREASARTIFACT ANDCANON 1 Craig A. Evans and H. Daniel Zacharias ORACLECOLLECTIONANDCANON: A COMPARISONBETWEENJUDAH ANDGREECEINPERSIANTIMES 9 Armin Lange ARTIFACTUALANDHERMENEUTICALUSEOFSCRIPTUREIN JEWISHTRADITION 48 Marianne Schleicher EARLYCHRISTIANMANUSCRIPTSASARTIFACTS 66 Larry W. Hurtado PHYSICAL FEATURESOF EXCERPTEDTORAHTEXTS 82 Stephen Reed PAPYRUS967ANDTHETEXTOFEZEKIEL:PARABLEPSISORAN ORIGINALTEXT? 105 John Flanagan A FRAGMENTARYPSALTERFROMKARANISANDITSCONTEXT 117 Gregg Schwendner ‘HETHATDWELLETHINTHEHELPOFTHEHIGHEST’: SEPTUAGINT PSALM90ANDTHEICONOGRAPHICPROGRAMONBYZANTINE ARMBANDS 137 Thomas J. Kraus vi Jewish and Christian Scripture as Artifact and Canon PUBLICANDPRIVATE– SECOND-ANDTHIRD-CENTURYGOSPEL MANUSCRIPTS 148 Scott D. Charlesworth A JOHANNINEREADINGOFOXYRHYNCHUSPAPYRUS 840 176 Pamela Shellberg HOWLONGANDOLDISTHECODEXOFWHICHP.OXY. 1353ISA LEAF? 192 Don Barker LETTERCARRIERSINTHEANCIENTJEWISHEPISTOLARYMATERIAL 203 Peter M. Head ‘I WASINTENDINGTOVISITYOU,BUT...’ CLAUSESEXPLAININGDELAYEDVISITSANDTHEIRIMPORTANCEIN PAPYRUSLETTERSANDINPAUL 220 Peter Arzt-Grabner ADVICETOTHEBRIDE:MORALEXHORTATIONFORYOUNGWIVESIN TWOANCIENTLETTERCOLLECTIONS 232 Annette Bourland Huizenga SCRIBALTENDENCIESINTHEAPOCALYPSE: STARTINGTHE CONVERSATION 248 Juan Herna´ndez Jr. ‘A THOUSANDBOOKSWILLBESAVED’: MANICHAEANWRITINGS ANDRELIGIOUSPROPAGANDAINTHEROMANEMPIRE 261 Eduard Iricinschi THEDANISHHYMNBOOK – ARTIFACTANDTEXT 273 Kirsten Nielsen TOWARDSASOCIOLOGYOFBIBLEPROMISEBOXUSE 280 David J. Chalcraft THEBIBLEAS ICON: MYTHSOFTHEDIVINE ORIGINSOFSCRIPTURE 298 Dorina Miller Parmenter APPENDIX 311 INDEX 313 PREFACE Jewish and Christian Scripture as Artifact and Canon represents the thirteenth volume to appear in Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity. Two of the previous volumes are monographs, one by Rebecca Denova on Luke’s use of Scripture (SSEJC, 4; JSNTSup, 141) and the other by Thomas Hatina on Mark’s use of Scripture (SSEJC, 8; JSNTSup,232).Theothertenvolumesarecollectionsofstudiesthathave more or less systematically worked through the Gospels, the letters of Paul, other Judaeo-Christian bodies of literature from late antiquity, or haveinvestigatedvariousquestionspertainingtobiblicalunderstandingin the period under review. Strong volumes have emerged that have been wellreceivedandreviewedverypositively.Werecordhereourthanksand appreciation to James Sanders, co-founder of the SSEJC series and co- editor of several of these volumes. Jim was founder and long-time president of the Ancient Biblical Manuscript Center in Claremont, California, and for decades has been a leading voice calling for better understanding of the development and role of sacred Scripture in communities of faith. The present collection of studies focuses on the material aspects of Jewish and Christian Scripture. The contributors explore aspects of collection and canon, distinctive characteristics of the manuscripts themselves, scribal conventions, and interesting, even unusual uses of authoritative writings that in time became recognized as holy Scripture. We believe these are important dimensions in the scholarly discussion of the function of Scripture in early Judaism and Christianity. Our work reflects the growing awareness in recent years of the importance of the physical and artistic dimension of the books and collections of authori- tative literature in the early centuries of Church and Synagogue. The editors believe this work will advance the discussion in important ways. As in the previous volumes, the present volume is enriched with contributionsbyestablishedscholars,aswellascontributionsbyyounger scholars, whose work is making itself felt in the discipline. The editors express their deepest thanks to them. The editors also wish to thank viii Jewish and Christian Scripture as Artifact and Canon SharonLeightonforherassistanceineditingandformattingseveralofthe papersandAdamWrightforassistingwiththepreparationoftheindexes. Craig A. Evans H. Daniel Zacharias Acadia Divinity College ABBREVIATIONS AAUW American Association of University Women AB Anchor Bible (Commentary) Aeg Aegyptus AHDRC Ancient History Documentary Research Centre AJP American Journal of Philology AnBib Analecta biblica ANET J. B. Pritchard (ed.), Ancient Near Eastern Texts APF Archiv fu¨r Papyrusforschung ASP American Studies in Papyrology ATD Das Alte Testament Deutsch BA Biblical Archaeologist BAGD Walter Bauer, William F. Arndt, F. William Gingrich and Frederick W. Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2nd edn, 1958) BASP Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium BGPA Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus A¨gypten. 11 vols BGU A¨gyptische Urkunden in den staatlichen Museen zu Berlin: Griechische Urkunden, vols 1–9 (Berlin: Weidmann, 1895– 1937) Bib Biblica BICS Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies (London) BICS.SP BulletinoftheInstituteofClassicalStudiesoftheUniversity of London – Supplementary Papers BJRL Bulletin of the John Rylands Library of Manchester BKAT Biblischer Kommentar: Altes Testament BL Bibel und Liturgie BN Biblische Notizen CAH Cambridge Ancient History CANE Civilizations of the Ancient Near East (ed. J. Sasson; 4 vols; New York, 1995)
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